Live auction - fwo_371741 - COURLAND - DUCHY OF COURLAND - PETER VON BIRON Thaler 1780
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| Estimate : | 1 000 € |
| Price : | 797 € |
| Maximum bid : | 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 18:12:48 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Thaler
Date: 1780
Metal : silver
Diameter : 42,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 28,32 g.
Edge : cordonnée
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Ce thaler est parfaitement centré. Il présente de beaux relief mais a été nettoyé. Une patine grise métallique le recouvre
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du Docteur Frédéric Nordmann
Obverse
Obverse legend : D. G. PETRUS IN LIV. CURL. ET SEMGAL. DUX.
Obverse description : Tête nue à droite de Pierre Biron.
Obverse translation : (Pierre par la grâce de Dieu, prince de Courlande).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MON. NOVA ARG. DUC. CURL. ADNORMAN TAL. ALB. 1780.
Reverse description : Écus accolés de Pologne et de Lituanie sous une couronne, posés sur une croix de Bourgogne.
Reverse translation : (Monnaie nouvelle du duché de Courlande).
Commentary
Ce thaler est historiquement important. Il s’agit de la dernière monnaie autonome de Courlande, avant l’annexion du duché par la Russie.
Historical background
COURLAND - DUCHY OF COURLAND - PETER VON BIRON
(1769-1795)
Pierre von BIron grew up at the Russian court in Saint Petersburg, where his father was chamberlain to Empress Anne. He learned Russian, French, German, Latin and Italian, as well as painting, history and music. During his family's exile in Jaroslav, he learned Dutch and Latvian. He succeeded his father as Duke of Courland in 1769. After two failed marriages, he married 18-year-old Dorothéa Von Medem in 1779. He traveled in Europe, bought properties in Prussia, in Bohemia, in case he was driven out of Courland. He abdicated on March 17, 1795, Russia having invaded his states.
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